DOPEWAVE IS REAL by Flashlight Tag/Smoke Don’t Smoke/Head Underwater (Los Angeles, California)
There’s a wordy justification for the genre DOPEWAVE on their Bandcamp page. Though I’ve never been convinced to call electronic music anything other than that. ”Dopewave is an experiment in genre creation. Birthed out of a new group of young producers creating electronic sounds, that are simultaneously like nothing, and like everything you’ve ever heard.” I’m not entirely sure why I needed to read that, when I should just feel it, as the album notes read “Talking about music is a much different experience than listening to music.”
Despite the fun I’m having in teasing their explanations, there is some real glimmer of self-doubt there; when in all truthiness, each song on the compilation impresses on an instinctual level. From taking ‘I Know There’s an Answer‘ and grinding it into a raw and completely unrecognizable dance track to the more empathetic ‘When it’s For You‘, DOPEWAVE IS REAL is 100% entertaining. Trap influences unleash the laid back element along side the paralyzing synth intensity that carries the compilation. Intensity carries it through to conclusion, never skipping a beat, even as your traditional 2/4 dance beats fade for intriguing experimentation. [Free Download] @Dingusonmusic
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